Port Authority confirms 2 pilots killed
Andrew Davidson
I’m Andrew Davidson, a senior producer with CBC news in Toronto. The New York Port Authority is holding a news conference now to give an update on the collision overnight of an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane with a rescue and firefighting vehicle at LaGuardia Airport.
The Port Authority has confirmed the two pilots were killed in the ground collision.
We will provide the latest information here as it comes in.
An Air Canada jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle after landing in New York. (Ryan Murphy/The Associated Press)
A Port Authority spokesperson says the aircraft hit a “Rescue and Firefighting vehicle” as it responded to a separate incident.
A Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle lays on its side off of runway 4 after colliding with an Air Canada jet after it landed at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in New York. (Ryan Murphy/The Associated Press)
The New York Police Department confirmed Sunday that the plane had crashed into a Port Authority vehicle after landing. It did not immediately offer additional information.
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